what are some thoughts about this steer

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farmboy814

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He is end of april calf and was just put on full feed last week. pros or cons?

*this picture does not give his big round gut justice
 

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OKshorthorn

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My opinion, I like several things about him, he looks good from a profile, seems to have great hair, very adequate bone, pretty unique color that I really like. He looks a little bullish to me, like maybe he was cut really late? I would like him to be cleaner up front and extend his neck a bit.

Nice calf, good luck with him! Pour the groceries to him!
 

farmboy814

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Thank you. I am excited to see how he grows. Do you think a neck sweat would help at all?
 

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Yeah, I think that would definitely help. Also, an old family friend of ours told me once to elevate their feed bucket. Get something like a 12x4 piece of wood(something thick enough to make a difference) that's several feet long, put that on the ground underneath whatever you rig up to feed him in. Essentially you want him to stand on the board, and reach up a bit to eat. Not sure how much it ever really did, but we felt like it helped. He claimed it would help add some muscle along their top line as well. Made sense to me at the time!
 

farmboy814

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Also he has a ton of hair that needs to be clipped. Im sure that will make him look a bit cleaner fronted.
 
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